BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford University volleyball team continues Southern Conference play this weekend as the team travels to take on Wofford College on Friday, Oct. 2, (5:15 CST) and then will head to The Citadel for a match scheduled on Saturday, Oct. 3, (1 p.m. CST).

The Bulldogs (7-5, 2-0 SoCon) opened up this conference play this past weekend for their first set of home matches of the 2015 season. Samford came away 2-0 with wins over Mercer (3-1) and UNCG (3-0) to push their regular season SoCon win streak out to three games.

The team will have its hands full this weekend against a pair of talented teams who both happen to have brand new head coaches in Lynze Roos of Wofford and Craig Mosqueda from The Citadel; both coaches have had success at each of their prior programs before.

The Samford connection here is that Roos spent two seasons as an assistant coach under then head coach now current Senior Associate AD-Senior Woman Administrator Michelle Durban from 2005-06.

Historically, Samford has had no issues with each of the teams scheduled for this weekend as the Bulldogs hold a perfect 9-0 mark against the Terriers and a unblemished 8-0 record against the Bulldogs from Charleston, S.C.

The Bulldogs have used the serve as more of a weapon in the last few matches played and it has shown as the team ranks 39^th in the nation in aces per set and third in the SoCon.

Freshman Alana Schouten leads the team with 18 total service aces and currently ranks 6^th in the SoCon and 149^th in the nation while she has turned it up a notch as of late she ranks 78^th nationally and 2^nd in the SoCon in aces per set.

Junior outside hitter Erin Bognar has come on strong over the last two weekends and is averaging 3.94 kills per set and has put down 63 kills through five matches. Bognar has tallied 37 digs (2.31 d/s), six service aces and five blocks.

Fans can follow the Bulldogs this weekend via Twitter @SamfordVB and can watch the match against Wofford on the SoCon Digital Network HD.